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jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> and we have an american victory to tell you about tonight. general motors, vanquishing the competitors with two mighty wins at the north american international auto show. so, what was a successful idea? and the first woman ceo of a u.s. car company got this done in record speed. how? abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis, spoke to her. >> chevy silverado. >> reporter: a first for general motors. >> the winner is the stingray. >> reporter: winning both top car and truck of the year. but it's the woman behind the winning designs, mary barra, who's grabbing all the headlines. a mob at her first public appearance since being named gm's ceo. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: "world news," getting exclusive access behind the scenes. whether you like it or not, people are going to focus on the fact that you're a woman. and that you're the first woman. >> every job i've approached, i've never approached it from that perspective. i go in, work hard, do what needs to be done, build a strong team. >> reporter: the succes
jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> and we have an american victory to tell you about tonight. general motors, vanquishing the competitors with two mighty wins at the north american international auto show. so, what was a successful idea? and the first woman ceo of a u.s. car company got this done in record speed. how? abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis, spoke to her. >> chevy silverado. >> reporter: a first for general motors. >> the winner is the...
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here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: this is what chris christie woke up to this morning. from ignorance to pathetic in the tabloids. bully to scandal, to sorry, in the national papers. and just a kid playing in traffic from the new yorker. plus, if he stayed up late last night. >> clearly somebody is getting thrown under the bus here. fortunately, for them the bus isn't moving, it's stuck in terrible traffic. >> reporter: when christie walked out for his two-hour contrition fest, his body language hinted at sometimes confident, often sad and increasingly apologetic. >> i apologize. >> reporter: he said apologize 22 times. >> i am responsible -- >> reporter: responsible 19. >> i am responsible. i am sad. >> reporter: and sad, 16. >> christie never lost sight who was truly hurt by this -- chris christie. >> reporter: gone was the defiant, challenging christie, who, last month, he mocked the notion that he was behind the jam. >> i worked the cones actually on that beknownst to everyone. >> reporter: joy is part of a class-action suit announced today, saying she suffered a pa
here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: this is what chris christie woke up to this morning. from ignorance to pathetic in the tabloids. bully to scandal, to sorry, in the national papers. and just a kid playing in traffic from the new yorker. plus, if he stayed up late last night. >> clearly somebody is getting thrown under the bus here. fortunately, for them the bus isn't moving, it's stuck in terrible traffic. >> reporter: when christie walked out for his two-hour contrition...
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jim avila is there. jim? >> reporter: good morning, martha. during the two hour news conference he answered every question, except the critical one, how can this happen? dangerously leaving that to his critics, the press and federal prosecutors. this is not the bombastic chris christie america knows so well, meekly walking down the steps on a humiliating apology tour. but so far, and the investigations have just begun, nothing in the more than 2,000 pages of documents posted by his political enemies have found the lie in this blanket denial. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, it's planning or execution. >> reporter: what the documents do show is his aids and appointees were monitoring the traffic disaster they had created with a smoking-gun e-mail, time for traffic problems in ft lee. and christie allies had been warned of the congestion and emergency services had been seriously hampered. >> people protecting the public impaired public safety. >> reporter: the new documents show the pleas were ignored for four days, with chris
jim avila is there. jim? >> reporter: good morning, martha. during the two hour news conference he answered every question, except the critical one, how can this happen? dangerously leaving that to his critics, the press and federal prosecutors. this is not the bombastic chris christie america knows so well, meekly walking down the steps on a humiliating apology tour. but so far, and the investigations have just begun, nothing in the more than 2,000 pages of documents posted by his...
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jim avila, abc news, new york. >> iran sun invited from tomorrow's talks aimed at ending the war in syria. last-minute inclusion of iran threatened talks since syrian opposition leaders said they would not attend. iran is a long time backer of syrian president assad. >>> with just over two weeks until olympic opening ceremonies, authorities in russia are on the hunt for a young woman thought to be what they call a black widow terrorist on a suicide mission. they believe she somehow made it past the ring of security set up to protect the olympics. and if there is trouble at the games, the pentagon is offering u.s. air, naval support, and two ships in the black sea. >> broncos and seahawks aren't the only teams getting ready for the super bowl. those keeping the teams safe are also working on their plans. >>. >> reporter: is t is this nearly one-mile stretch of waterway along the jersey city shoreline that tops one of the security concerns during super bowl week. within this zone sits the hyatt hotel and westin hotel where the seahawks and broncos will be staying. and where the state police
jim avila, abc news, new york. >> iran sun invited from tomorrow's talks aimed at ending the war in syria. last-minute inclusion of iran threatened talks since syrian opposition leaders said they would not attend. iran is a long time backer of syrian president assad. >>> with just over two weeks until olympic opening ceremonies, authorities in russia are on the hunt for a young woman thought to be what they call a black widow terrorist on a suicide mission. they believe she...
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jim avila, abc news, washington. >> that brings us to our facebook question of the day. can chris christie recover from this political scandal? join the debate, wnnfans.com. >> two california police officers have been found not guilty in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man. kelly thomas died in 2011, five days after fullerton officers were captured on surveillance cameras hitting him with a baton and shocking him with a stun gun. police say the video showed the officers struggling with a combative suspect but thomas' parents say their schizophrenic son was murdered. >> they can beat us, kill us, whatever they want, because it has been proven right here today -- >> they will get away with it. >> they will get away with it. >> he was so innocent. it just isn't fair at all. they murdered my son, and they get away with it. >> after the verdict, prosecutors decided to drop charges against a third officer who was awaiting trial. >> retired tampa police officer charged with second-degree murder after an argument turned deadly at the movies. witnesses say the disput
jim avila, abc news, washington. >> that brings us to our facebook question of the day. can chris christie recover from this political scandal? join the debate, wnnfans.com. >> two california police officers have been found not guilty in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man. kelly thomas died in 2011, five days after fullerton officers were captured on surveillance cameras hitting him with a baton and shocking him with a stun gun. police say the video showed the officers...
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with more, jim avila. >> reporter: january in jersey. designed to be a chris christie festival. gop fund-raisers in florida and at home the crowning of the favorite son. the state of the state address. all capped off by the run-up after the christie hosted super bowl. >> the super bowl is in new jersey. >> reporter: instead, scandal whack-a-mole. lieutenant governor denying she tried to bully the mayor of hoboken to support a project the governor liked by tieing it to sandy relief funds. >> any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> it's stunning. it's outrageous, but it's true. and i stand by my word. >> reporter: christie's office insist that $340,000 hoboken has received directly is no worse than other towns since most of the sandy relief went to individuals, not local government. ironically, hoboken's mayor actually supported christie for re-election, once tweeting to be clear i'm very glad christie has been our gov. >> i couldn't believe they were doing that. >> reporter: no comment from the governor who sa
with more, jim avila. >> reporter: january in jersey. designed to be a chris christie festival. gop fund-raisers in florida and at home the crowning of the favorite son. the state of the state address. all capped off by the run-up after the christie hosted super bowl. >> the super bowl is in new jersey. >> reporter: instead, scandal whack-a-mole. lieutenant governor denying she tried to bully the mayor of hoboken to support a project the governor liked by tieing it to sandy...